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Definition of Paternal quality
1. Noun. The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father. "The gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
Generic synonyms: Parental Quality
Attributes: Paternal
Derivative terms: Fatherly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paternal Quality
Literary usage of Paternal quality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"He has none of the purely paternal quality which impresses you the moment you
see Joffre; he is smarter and more alert in appearance than Nivelle. ..."
2. The Business of War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1918)
"He has none of the paternal quality which impresses you the moment you see Joffre;
he is smarter and more alert in appearance than Nivelle; he has the trim, ..."
3. The Old World in Its New Face: Impressions of Europe in 1867-1868 by Henry Whitney Bellows (1869)
"... is informed with moral, rational, and carefully-balanced conceptions of the
character of God and of the paternal quality of his government, ..."
4. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Western New York by Convention, Council, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Western New York (1889)
"And then-—what I may call the paternal quality. The greatest Bishop whom I ever
knew was, for the largest part of ..."
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